Cort Roszell Grade 7 LA Year Plan

Curricular Outcomes

Teaching Strategies

Assessme Interventio
Materia
Result Analys
nt (Formative &
n&
ls
s
is
Summative)
Enrichment

Next Steps
Goals, PD,
Resources)

Next year open with a one-week intro to Google docs. (The students need these skills to develop
docs & presentations)*
First Week
3.4ShareandReview:communicateideasand
informationinavarietyoforalprintandothermedia
texts,suchasreports,autobiographies,brochuresand
videopresentations
3.4ShareandReview:Useappropriatevisual,print
and/orothermediaeffectivelytoinformandengagethe
audience.

Allocated Time: Sept 2- 19

Direct Instruction- Peer sharingStudent Presentation Impromptu.

Google Docs
Formative:
presentation
(Introduction of Formative: Free
Me)
Write (All About
Me)

Direct Instruction- Poster/ Presentation

exemplar

Name
Assignment
Exemplar

Formative: All
about me
Presentation

Intro unit
discussing and
looking at text
organization
and layout
comparing to
other core
subjects
textbooks
Learn About
Text &
Worksheet
relationships
Intro unit
discussing and
looking at text
organization
and layout
comparing to
other core
subject
textbook

Formative

Robert Frost:
Noting Gold
Can Stay
-Robert Frost

Formative

1.1DiscoverandExplore:discussandrespondtoways
Similarities and Differences
thatcontentandformsoforal,printandothermediatexts
interacttoinfluenceunderstanding

2.1UseStrategiesandCues:identifyanduse,effectively
andefficiently,structuralfeaturesoftextbooks,suchas
tablesofcontentsandindices,toaccessideasand
informationandtoreadwithpurpose

Entire and small Group Discussion

4.1EnhanceandImprove:identifyparticularcontent
featuresthatenhancetheeffectivenessofpublishedoral,print
andothermediatexts

Similarities and Differences

Formative

Formative

Unit # 1: Courage/Decisions
1.1DiscoverandExplore:reflectonownobservations
Discussion and oral sharing small
andexperiencestounderstandanddeveloporal,printand groups
othermediatexts
1.1DiscoverandExplore:expresspersonal

Use a student
exemplar so the
students know
what the target
is.

Allocated Time: Sept 22- Oct 31.

Formative

Cort Roszell Grade 7 LA Year Plan

Curricular Outcomes

Teaching Strategies

Assessme Interventio
Materia
Result Analys
nt (Formative &
n&
ls
s
is
Summative)
Enrichment

Next Steps
Goals, PD,
Resources)

Next year open with a one-week intro to Google docs. (The students need these skills to develop
docs & presentations)*
understandingsofideasandinformationbasedonprior
knowledge,experienceswithothersandavarietyoforal,
printandothermediatexts
2.1 Use Strategies and Cues: adjustreadingrate
andstrategiestoaccountforchangesinstructural
featuresoftextsandcomplexityofcontent

Share discussion

2.1adjustreadingrateandstrategiestoaccountforchangesin
structuralfeaturesoftextsandcomplexityofcontent

Use reading strategies to adjust rate if

reading for better/easier understanding
Skim and Scan materials

2.1UseStrategiesandCues:skimandscanreference
materialstoconfirmthespellingsorlocatethemeanings
ofunfamiliarwords
2.1UseStrategiesandCues:identify,connectand
summarizeinownwordsthemainideasfromtwoor
moresourcesonthesametopic
2.2RespondtoText:predictanddiscussthe
consequencesofeventsorcharactersactions,basedon
informationinoral,printandothermediatexts
2.2RespondtoText:comparethechoicesandbehaviors
ofcharactersportrayedinoral,printandothermedia
textswiththoseofselfandothers
3.3Organize,RecordandEvaluate:compare,contrast
andcombineideasandinformationfromseveralsources
3.3Organize,RecordandEvaluate:assessiftheamountand
qualityofgatheredinformationisappropriatetopurposeand
audience;addressinformationgaps

Nothing Gold
Can Stay

Use reading strategies to adjust rate if

reading for better/easier understanding

Summarize, narrative format, T-charts

Time line
T- charts, comparison
Summarizing and Note
Narrative Form using 5
Summarizing and Note
Narrative Form using 5

2.1identifyanduse,effectivelyandefficiently,structural
featuresoftextbooks,suchastablesofcontentsand
indices,toaccessideasandinformationandtoreadwith
purpose.

Think-Pair-Share

2.1UseReferences:skimandscanreferencematerialsto
confirmthespellingsorlocatethemeaningsof
unfamiliarwords
3.2usepreestablishedcriteriatoevaluatetheusefulness
ofavarietyofinformationsourcesintermsoftheir
structureandpurpose

Partner Activity

Taking
Ws
Taking
Ws

Setting Objectives and Giving Feedback

Robert Frost
works / other
poets Dr. Seuss
Reading comp.
Handout.
Reading Comp. Formative
Handout.
leading to
Summative
Mammoth
Formative
Article
leading to
Summative
Mammoth
Summative
Article
Mammoth
Article

Formative

Bison on the
Plans
Google
Presentation

Formative

Getting to
know our
textbook
activity.
(Crossroads)
Crossroads
Glossary
activity.
Author
Research
Project &
Presentation.

Peer evaluation,
Formative.

Formative
Usepreestablished
criteriatoevaluatethe
usefulnessofavariety
ofinformationsources
intermsoftheir
structureandpurpose

Setting Objectives Author

and Giving
research &
Feedback
presentatio
n.

Usepre
established
criteriato
evaluatethe
usefulnessofa
varietyof
information
sourcesinterms
oftheirstructure

Setting
Objectives and
Giving Feedback

Cort Roszell Grade 7 LA Year Plan

Curricular Outcomes

Teaching Strategies

Assessme Interventio
Materia
Result Analys
nt (Formative &
n&
ls
s
is
Summative)
Enrichment

Next Steps
Goals, PD,
Resources)

Next year open with a one-week intro to Google docs. (The students need these skills to develop
docs & presentations)*
andpurpose

3.3makenotes,usingheadingsandsubheadingsor
graphicorganizersappropriatetoatopic;reference
sources

Similarities and Differences

Direct Instruction
Summarizing & Note Taking

4.1identifyandexplainfigurativeandmetaphoricaluse
oflanguageincontext

Similarities and Differences

Author
Research
Project &
Presentation
Analogy
Instruction
Figurative
Language
Show me
Sentences
Google Pres.

4.3identifyanduseexplicittechniquestoarouseand
Share new identity
maintaininterestandtoconvincetheaudience
3.3Organize,RecordandEvaluate:connectnew
Conversational share
informationwithpriorknowledgetobuildnew
understanding
Grade 7 LA Divisional PLC Common Assessment # 1: Reading Comprehension Assessment (Curricular Outcomes Covered: 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.3, 2.5, 2.12, 2.13) Analyze Results Oct
10th

Unit # 2:
1.1exploreandassessoral,printandothermediatexts
recommendedbyothers
1.2listenandrespondconstructivelytoalternativeideas
oropinions
1.2talkwithotherstoelaborateideas,andaskspecific
questionstoseekhelpfulfeedback
2.1identify,connectandsummarizeinownwordsthe
mainideasfromtwoormoresourcesonthesametopic

Allocated Time: Nov 3- Dec 19

Partner share of books and ideas

ipads

Formative

Discussion

Newsela.com

Formative

Newsela.com
Summarize, narrative format, T-charts

2.2analyzehowplotdevelops;theconnectionbetween
plotandsubplot;andtheinterrelationshipofplot,setting
andcharacters

Time line

2.2identifyandexplainconflict,anddiscusshowit
developsandmayberesolved

Cooperative Learning

4.3clarifyandsupportideasoropinionswithdetails,
visualsormediatechniques

Take photos

Newsela.com
Fairytales
(Disney &
Grimms)
Fairytales
(Disney &
Grimms)
Google pres.
Ipads

Formative
leading to
Summative

Formative
One will be
summative

Grade 7 LA Divisional PLC Common Assessment # 2: Descriptive writing, journal entries edited. (Curricular Outcomes Covered: 4.6 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.6, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.12) Analyze Results Nov
28

Cort Roszell Grade 7 LA Year Plan

Curricular Outcomes

Teaching Strategies

Assessme Interventio
Materia
Result Analys
nt (Formative &
n&
ls
s
is
Summative)
Enrichment

Next Steps
Goals, PD,
Resources)

Next year open with a one-week intro to Google docs. (The students need these skills to develop
docs & presentations)*
Unit # 3: Short Stories
2.4usesuspense,exaggeration,foreshadowing,dialogue
anddescriptiontoshowrisingactionanddevelop
conflict
2.4createoral,printandothermediatextsthatare
unifiedbypointofview,carefullydevelopedplotand
endingsconsistentwithpreviousevents
4.1reviseintroductions,conclusionsandtheorderof
ideasandinformationtoaddcoherenceandclarify
meaning
4.1revisetoeliminateunnecessaryrepetitionofwords
andideas

Teach separately and then integrate

them

Allocated Time: Jan 5-28

Story Writing
Story Writing

Essay writing

Teach/review editing skills

How to Write a
Short Story
Google Pres.
All Writing
Assignments
How to Write a
Short Story
-Most writing
assignments

4.1useparagraphs,appropriately,toorganizenarrative
andexpositorytexts
4.2useavarietyofsubordinateclauses,correctlyand
Generating Hypothesis
appropriatelyinownwriting
4.2usecorrectsubjectverbagreementinsentenceswith
Generating Hypothesis
compoundsubjects

Newsela.com
Newsela.com

Summative as
Direct Instruction
needed or
learned
Grade 7 LA Divisional PLC Common Assessment # 3: Story Organization- Plot (Curricular Outcomes Covered: 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9) Analyze Results January 30
4.2useperiodsandcommaswithquotationmarksthat
indicatedirectspeechinownwriting

Grammeropolis
Worksheet

Unit # 4 Novel Study: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

2.3discussconnectionsamongplotandsubplot,main
andsupportingcharacters,mainideaandthemeina
varietyoforal,printandothermediatexts
2.3identifythenarratorsperspective,andexplainhowit
affectstheoverallmeaningofatext
4.3presentideasandopinionsconfidently,butwithout
dominatingthediscussion,duringsmallgroupactivities
andshort,wholeclasssessions

Narrative Form

Allocated Time: Feb 2-Mar 12

Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter

Formative to help
introverted
students add to
the discussions

Cort Roszell Grade 7 LA Year Plan

Curricular Outcomes

Teaching Strategies

Assessme Interventio
Materia
Result Analys
nt (Formative &
n&
ls
s
is
Summative)
Enrichment

Next Steps
Goals, PD,
Resources)

Next year open with a one-week intro to Google docs. (The students need these skills to develop
docs & presentations)*
5.2contributecollaborativelyingroupsituations,by
Cooperative Learning
Harry Potter
askingquestionsandbuildingontheideasofothers
5.2evaluategroupprocessandpersonalcontributions
accordingtopreestablishedcriteriatodetermine
Cooperative Learning
Harry Potter
strengthsandareasforimprovement
5.2takeresponsibilityforassumingavarietyofrolesina
Cooperative Learning
Harry Potter
group,dependingonchangingcontextsandneeds
Grade 7 LA Divisional PLC Common Assessment # 4: Data Collection (visual organizers/note taking) (Curricular Outcomes Covered: 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3) Analyze Results March
13th

Unit # 5: Disasters
2.4chooseappropriatestrategiesforgeneratingideasand
focusingtopicsfororal,printandothermediatexts

Exemplar

3.2obtaininformationfromavarietyofsources,suchas
adults,peers,advertisements,magazines,lyrics,formal
interviews,almanacs,broadcastsandvideos,toexplore
researchquestions

Setting Objectives and Giving Feedback

Narrative Form using 5 Ws

4.1incorporateparticularcontentfeaturesofeffective
textsintoownoral,printandothermediatexts

Similarities and Differences

4.2applyspecificandeffectivestrategiesforlearningand
rememberingthecorrectspellingofwordsinownwriting

Direct Instruction & Reinforcing Effort

for writing play

Allocated Time: Mar 16-Apr 17

Google Pres.
Dietary
Influences
Research paper
(Cross
Curriculum)
Rubric
Write a
Newspaper
Google Pres.
(Dietary
Influences)
Original Short
Stories

Web Diagram

Summative

Formative

Grade 7 LA Divisional PLC Common Assessment # 5: Finished Visual Product (Curriculum Outcomes Covered: 4.8, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.14, 6.15) Analyze Results May
1st

Unit # 6: Humor
2.3identifyvariousformsandgenresoforal,printand
othermediatexts,anddescribekeycharacteristicsof
each
2.3identifythecharacteristicsofdifferenttypesofmedia
texts

T-charts,

Allocated Time: Apr 20-May 15

Differences
between
comics, stories
and graphic
novels (Star
Wars)
Differences
between

Summative

Cort Roszell Grade 7 LA Year Plan

Curricular Outcomes

Teaching Strategies

Assessme Interventio
Materia
Result Analys
nt (Formative &
n&
ls
s
is
Summative)
Enrichment

Next Steps
Goals, PD,
Resources)

Next year open with a one-week intro to Google docs. (The students need these skills to develop
docs & presentations)*
comics, stories
and graphic
novels (Star
Wars)
3.4communicateideasandinformationinavarietyof
oral,printandothermediatexts,suchasreports,
autobiographies,brochuresandvideopresentations
3.4useappropriatevisual,printand/orothermedia
effectivelytoinformandengagetheaudience

Nonlinguistic Representation

Romeo & Juliet

Nonlinguistic Representation

Romeo & Juliet

Unit # 7: Issues
3.1planandorganizedatacollectionbasedon
instructions,explanationsandpreestablishedparameters
3.2obtaininformationfromavarietyofsources,suchas
adults,peers,advertisements,magazines,lyrics,formal
interviews,almanacs,broadcastsandvideos,toexplore
researchquestions
3.3organizeideasandinformationbyselectingor
developingcategoriesappropriatetoaparticulartopic
andpurpose
3.3reflectonideasandinformationtoformown
opinionswithevidencetosupportthem
4.3listenandviewattentivelytoorganizeandclassify
informationandtocarryoutmultistepinstructions
4.3askquestionsormakecommentsthatelicitadditional
information;probedifferentaspectsofideas,andclarify
understanding

Allocated Time: May 19- Jun 19

Setting Objectives and Providing

Feedback

Google Pres.

Setting Objectives and Giving Feedback

Narrative Form using 5 Ws

Rubric Final
Project.

Setting Objectives and Providing

Feedback

Computers/ipa
ds

Setting Objectives and Providing

Feedback

Computers/ipa
ds
Computers/ipa
ds

Cues and Organizers

Computers/ipa
ds

Formative
Summative
Formative

Unit Infinity: Throughout/Ongoing

4.2 Attend to conventions: extendspelling
Word Wall
vocabularytoincludewordsfrequentlyusedinliterature,
butinfrequentlyusedinoralandothermediatexts
2.2experienceoral,printandothermediatextsfroma
varietyofculturaltraditionsandgenres,suchasjournals,

Allocated Time: Throughout the Semester

Wipe Board
Newsels.com
Novels

Formative:
Throughout
semester

Cort Roszell Grade 7 LA Year Plan

Curricular Outcomes

Teaching Strategies

Assessme Interventio
Materia
Result Analys
nt (Formative &
n&
ls
s
is
Summative)
Enrichment

Next Steps
Goals, PD,
Resources)

Next year open with a one-week intro to Google docs. (The students need these skills to develop
docs & presentations)*
natureprograms,shortstories,poetry,letters,CDROM
programs,mysteries,historicalfiction,drawingsand
prints
2.2justifyownpointofviewaboutoral,printandother
mediatexts,usingevidencefromtexts
2.3identifyandexplainhownarrativehooks,
foreshadowing,flashback,suspenseandsurpriseendings
contributetotheeffectivenessofplotdevelopment

Articles
Fairytales
Poetry

Definitions

Novels
Own Writing

2.3explainhowsoundandimageworktogethertocreate
effectsinmediatexts

Discussion

Throughout
year &
Presentations

2.4usenotetaking,outliningorrepresentingto
summarizeimportantideasandinformationinoral,print
andothermediatexts

Narrative Form using 5 Ws

3.2useavarietyoftoolsandtextfeatures,suchas
headings,subheadings,topicsentences,summaries,
stagingandpacing,andhighlighting,toaccess
information

3.4identifystrengthsandareasforimprovementin
personalresearchskills

4.1chooseanduseprinting,cursivewritingorword
processing,dependingonthetask,audienceandpurpose
4.2usecommastoseparatephrasesandclausesinown
writing

Summative for
each reporting
period
Summative for
some pieces of
writing
depending on
student progress

Useavarietyoftools
andtextfeatures,
suchasheadings,
subheadings,topic
sentences,
summaries,staging
andpacing,and
highlighting,to
accessinformation

Narrative Form using 5 Ws & Someone,

Some Where, Wanted, But So

Anyone or all
of the research
projects
When there is
a choice for
presentation.
Students can
explain their
choice.
Creative
Writing and

Formative
Formative, can
they pick an
appropriate
medium
Summative

News
Articles

Useavariety
oftoolsand
textfeatures,
suchas
headings,
subheadings,
topic
sentences,
summaries,
stagingand
pacing,and
highlighting,to
access
information

Cort Roszell Grade 7 LA Year Plan

Curricular Outcomes

Teaching Strategies

Assessme Interventio
Materia
Result Analys
nt (Formative &
n&
ls
s
is
Summative)
Enrichment

Next Steps
Goals, PD,
Resources)

Next year open with a one-week intro to Google docs. (The students need these skills to develop
docs & presentations)*
Essays
4.2usequotationmarkstoidentifyinformationtaken
fromsecondarysourcesinownwriting

Direct Instruction

4.3identifyanddiscussrecurringthemesinoral,printand
othermediatextsfromdiverseculturesandcommunities
4.2usereferencematerialstoconfirmspellingsandtosolve
spellingproblemswheneditingandproofreading
2.3exploresurprisingandplayfulusesoflanguageandvisuals
inpopularculture,suchascartoons,animatedfilmsand
limericks;explainwaysinwhichimageryandfigurative
language,suchassimile,conveymeaning

Direct instruction to do so

Essay Writing
and research
assignments
Discuss during
and at the end
of each unit
Use dictionary,
ipad, laptop
Researching
our roots

Summative
Formative